Theology as a professional theory for religious education teachers

Theology as a professional theory for religious education teachers

Authors

  • Bernhard Dressler University of Marburg

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25364/10.31:2023.2.2

Keywords:

teachers' professionalism, theology and pedagogy, expertise studies, Schleiermacher, religion and faith

Abstract

Friedrich Schleiermacher first understood theology as a ‚positive’ and ‚practical’ science. This – in modern terms – professional concept can also be understood as the basic expertise for teachers in religion education. It includes that the ‚sense and taste’ for religion or, in other words, the positively interpreted and reflected experiences of a participation in religion as a cultural praxis are constituting confessional religion instruction, and not theology as content or theological confessions.

Author Biography

Bernhard Dressler, University of Marburg

Prof. Dr. Bernhard Dressler (1947–2023) war seit 2003 Professor für Praktische Theologie mit dem Schwerpunkt Religionspädagogik am Fachbereich Ev. Theologie der Universität Marburg, seit 2013 im Ruhestand. Zuvor war er Religions- und Politiklehrer. Von 1991 bis 2003 Dozent und Rektor am Religionspädagogischen Institut Loccum.

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Published

2023-11-15

How to Cite

Dressler, B. (2023) “Theology as a professional theory for religious education teachers”, Austrian Journal of Religious Education, 31(2), pp. 11–32. doi: 10.25364/10.31:2023.2.2.

Issue

Vol. 31 No. 2 (2023): Religious Education and Theology. Explorations of a complex relationship

Section

Article - topic oriented